Virginia, who was known to be indisposed at his lodgings in this city. The delegations took their places accordingly, ballot-boxes were distributed to each delegation by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Speaker directed that the balloting should proceed. The ballots having all been deposited in the boxes, the following tellers were named by the respective delegations, being one from each State in the Union: Messrs. Cushman, Livermore, Webster, Eddy, Tomlinson, Buck, Taylor, Condict, Ingham, McLane, Kent, Randolph, Hooks, Campbell, Forsyth, Trimble, Allen of Tennessee, Sloane, Livingston, Rankin, Jennings, Cook, Owen, Scott. Mr. Webster, of Massachusetts, was appointed by those tellers who sat at one table; and Mr. Randolph, of Virginia, by those at the other, to announce the result of the balloting. After the ballots were counted out, Mr. Webster rose and said: Mr. Speaker, the tellers of the votes at this table have proceeded to count the ballots contained in the box set before them. The result they find to be, that there are- Mr. Randolph, from the other table, made a statement corresponding with that of Mr. Webster, in the facts, but varying in the phraseology, so as to say that Mr. Adams, Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Crawford, had received the votes of se many States instead of so many votes. The Speaker then stated this result to the House, and announced that John Quincy Adams, having a majority of the votes of these United States, was duly elected President of the same, for four years, commencing with the 4th day of March next. On motion of Mr. Taylor, of New York, a committee was ordered to be appointed, to notify the President of the United States, and the President-elect, of the result of the ballot. And then the House adjourned. [When the fact of Mr. Adams having thirteen votes was announced by the tellers, some clapping and exultation took place in the gal leries, and some slight hissing followed. The House suspended its proceedings until the galleries were cleared.] ELEVENTH PRESIDENTIAL TERM. 1829-1833. ANDREW JACKSON, President; JOHN C. CALHOUN, Vice-President. IN SENATE. ८ Monday, February 9, 1829. ("Congressional Debates," Vol. V., p. 52.) Mr. Tazewell, from the joint committee appointed for the purpose, reported, in part, the following resolution: The resclution was considered and agreed to, and Mr. Tazewell was elected teller on the part of the Senate. IN SENATE. Wednesday, February 11, 1829. ("Congressional Debates," Vol. V., p. 54.) Resolved, That the two Houses shall assemble in the Chamber of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the 11th day of February, 1829, at twelve o'clock; that one per son be appointed teller on the part of the Senate, and two persons be appointed tellers on the part of the House, to make a list of votes for President and Vice-President of the United States, as they shall be declared; that the re-returning to the Senate Chamber, sult shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shail announce to the two Houses, assembled as aforesaid, the state of the vote, and the person or persons elected, if it shall appear that a choice hath been made agreeably to the Constitution of the United States; which communication shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the person or persons elected, and, together with a list of the votes, shall be entered upon the Journals of the two Houses. At twelve o'clock the members of the Senate repaired to the Chamber of the House of Representatives, where the votes were counted, and the Vice-President made proclamation of the result. (See the proceedings of the House of Representatives of this day.) After Mr. Tazewell said the joint committee appointed for that purpose had ascertained and reported the result of the election for President, and had directed him to move that a committee of one be appointed to join a committee on the part of the House to inform Andrew Jackson that he has this day been elected President of the United States. Mr. Tazewell was then chosen the committee on the part of the Senate. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, February 4, 1829. ("Congressional Debates," Vol. V., p. 309.) The resolution from the Senate proposing the appointment of a joint committee "to ascertain and report a mode of examining the vote of the President and Vice-President of the United States, and of notifying the persons elected of their election," was then called up, read, and adopted by the House. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Saturday, February 7, 1829. ("Congressional Debates," Vol. V., pp. 321, 322.) Mr. P. P. Barbour, from the joint committee appointed to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and VicePresident of the United States, reported in part the following resolution : Resolved, That the two Houses shall assemble in the Chamber of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the 11th day of February, 1829, at twelve o'clock; that one person be appointed teller on the part of the Senate, and two persons be appointed tellers on the part of the House, to make a list of the votes for President and Vice-President of the United States, as they shall be declared; that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announce to the two Houses, assembled as aforesaid, the state of the vote, and the persons elected, if it shall appear that a choice hath been made agreeably to the Constitution of the United States; which annunciation shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the person or persons elected, and, together with a list of the votes, shall be entered upon the Journals of the two Houses. ed himself at the right hand of the Speaker, the tellers, viz., on the part of the Senate, Mr. Tazewell, and, on the part of the House, Messrs. P. P. Barbour and Van Rensselaer, took their places at the Clerk's table. The Vice-President then, having before him the packets received, one copy by express, and one through the post-office, from the several States, took up those from the State of Maine, and, announcing to the Senators and Representatives that those packets had been certified, by the delegation from Maine, to contain the votes of that State for President and VicePresident, proceeded to break the seals and then handed over the packets to the tellers, who opened and read them at length. The same process was repeated, until all the packets had been opened and read, when Mr. Tazewell, retiring to some distance from the chair, read the following report: This resclution was read, and concurred in by the House. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ("Congressional Debates," Vol. V., p. 350.) It being now twelve o'clock, the Speaker announced the special order of the day, which was the opening and counting the votes for President and Vice-President of the United States; whereupon, Mr. P. P. Barbour moved that the Clerk announce to the Senate that the House was ready, on its part, to proceed to that duty. The motion being agreed to, The Clerk left the House, and seats having been prepared for the Senate in the vacant space in front of the Clerk's table, they soon after entered the Hall, with the Vice-President at their head, preceded by the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. When the Senators had taken the seats assigned them, and the Vice-President had seat "I therefore declare that Andrew Jackson is duly elected President of the United States for four years, from the fourth of March next, and John C. Calhoun is duly elected VicePresident for the same period." The Senate then retired. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, February 12, 1829. ("Congressional Debates," Vol. V., pp. 350, 351.) Mr. P. P. Barbour, from the joint committee appointed to ascertain and report a mode of examining and counting the votes for President and Vice-President of the United States, and of notifying the persons elected of their election, reported the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee of one member of the Senate be appointed by that body to join a committee of two members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by that House, to wait on Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, and to notify him that he has been duly elected President of the United States, for four years, commencing with the 4th of March next. A message was then received from the Senate, notifying the agreement of the Senate to the resolution recommended by the joint committee. The resolution was then taken up by the House, and adopted, and Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Bell were appointed the committee on the part of the House. TWELFTH PRESIDENTIAL TERM. 1833-1837. ANDREW JACKSON, President; MARTIN VAN BUREN, Vice-President. IN SENATE. at twenty minutes past two o'clock to their seats in the Senate, when Mr. Grundy offered the following resolution, which was considered and adopted: Wednesday, February 6, 1833. (Congressional Debates," Vol. IX., p. 359.) Resolved, That a committee of one member Mr. Grundy, from the joint committee ap- of the Senate be appointed to join a committee pointed to ascertain and report the mode of of two members of the House of Representexamining the votes for President and Vice-atives, to be appointed by that House, to wait President of the United States, reported a resolution, fixing on Wednesday next as the day for counting the votes, when the Senate will attend the House for the purpose of witnessing the examination of the votes. The hour appointed for the proceedings is one o'clock. The resolution was agreed to. IN SENATE. Wednesday, February 13, 1833. (Congressional Debates," Vol. IX., pp. 486, 487.) A message was received from the House of Representatives, by Matthew H. Clair Clarke, their Clerk, stating that the House were ready to proceed to the counting of the votes given for President and Vice-President, and were waiting to receive the Senate. Mr. Grundy then moved that the Senate proceed to the House of Representatives for the purpose of performing the duties referred to in the message; which motion having been agreed to, The Senate, preceded by the President pro tempore, attended the Hall of the House of Representatives; and, after having performed the duties which called them there, returned on Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, and to notify him that he has been duly elected President of the United States for four years, commencing on the 4th day of March next, and also to notify Martin Van Buren, of New York, that he has been duly elected Vice-President of the United States for four years, commencing on the 4th day of March next. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, February 13, 1833. ("Congressional Debates," Vol. IX., Part II., pp. 1722-1723.) The hour of one having arrived, the Senate attended in the Hall of the House of Representatives. The President of the Senate taking the chair of the House, and in the presence of the two Houses, proceeded to open the votes of the electors in the several States for President and Vice-President of the United States. Messrs. Grundy, of the Senate, and Dayton and Hubbard, of the House of Representatives, acted as a committee to read and enumerate the votes; and the whole having been gone through, the result was ascertained to be as follows: Statement of the Votes for President and Vice-President of the United States, for Four Years, from the 4th of March, 1833. THIRTEENTH PRESIDENTIAL TERM. 1837-1841. MARTIN VAN BUREN, President; RICHARD M. JOHNSON, Vice-President. Saturday, February, 4, 1837. ("Congressional Debates," Vol. XIII., pp. 698–701.) Friday, January 27, 1837. ("Congressional Debates," Vol. XIII., p. 617.) Mr. Grundy moved to lay the bills (respect- Mr. Grundy, from the select committee aping the Treasury Circular) on the table for pointed to consider and report on the mode of the purpose of taking up and acting on the examining and counting the votes for Presiresolution submitted by him for the appoint-dent and Vice-President, etc., and whether any ment of a joint committee to count the vote for President and Vice-President. This motion having been agreed to, and Mr. Grundy's resolution being before the Senate, Mr. Clay, after a few remarks, offered the following amendment: "And also to inquire into the expediency of ascertaining whether any votes were given at the recent election contrary to the prohibition contained in the second section of the second article of the Constitution, and what ought to be done with them, and whether any and what provision ought to be made for securing the faithful observance in future of that section of the Constitution." Mr. Grundy said he had no objections to the inquiry proposed by the amendment; and he thought that some such provision as that proposed by the Senator from Kentucky would be very proper. He had seen in the public papers a statement charging that some of the clectors who voted in the late presidential election held offices under the General Government, and had made inquiries for the purpose of ascertaining the truth of the matter. The information he had been able to collect related to two cases only; and as to these, the report had been founded altogether on a misapprehension. Mr. Hubbard expressed his entire concurrence in the objects of the amendment proposed by the Senator from Kentucky. He wished a strict inquiry to be instituted, and measures to be adopted to guard against the occurrence of such a violation of the Constitution as the Senator from Kentucky referred to. As it had been stated that two of the electors in his State (New Hampshire) held offices under the General Government, and were consequently ineligible, he was happy to state to the Senate that there was no foundation whatever for the report. The amendment of Mr. Clay was then adopted, and the resolution, thus amended, was agreed to. Mr. Hubbard moved that the committee be appointed by the Chair; which, by unanimous consent, was agreed to; and Messrs. Grundy, Clay, and Wright, were selected. The Senate then adjourned. votes have been given by persons not competent under the Constitution, made a special report thereon; which was read. The report states that in some instances not more than four or five electors have been chosen in some of the States, who are officers of the General Government (deputy postmasters), and that such votes are, in the opinion of the committee, not in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution; but, at the same time, the few votes thus given will not vary the result of the election, as it was not contemplated by any one that the appointment of one ineligible elector would vitiate the vote of his State. The report concludes with recommending the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the two Houses shall assemble in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday next, at twelve o'clock, and the President of the Senate shall be the presiding officer; that one person be appointed a teller on the part of the Senate, and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to make a list of the votes as they shall be declared; that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announce the state of the vote and the persons elected to the two Houses assembled, as aforesaid, which shall be deemed a declaration of the persons elected President and VicePresident of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses. Resolved, That in relation to the votes of Michigan, if the counting or omitting to count them shall not essentially change the result of the election, they shall be reported by the President of the Senate in the following man ner: "Were the votes of Michigan to be counted, the result would be, for A. B. for President of the United States, votes. If not counted for A. B. for President of the United States, votes. But in either event A. B. is elected President of the United States." And in the same manner for Vice-President. Mr. Norvell arose and said that the resolutions were joint resolutions. The first prescribed the usual manner in which the two Houses assembled together on the second |